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People work on laptops at Sacramento State University; Christian Navarro for Sac. State\/Flickr<\/p>\n

Requiring California State University Sacramento staffers to be in their offices to meet with students would be a \u201chuge blow\u201d \u2013 to the employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cSacramento State will require some employees to return to academic offices later this year to bolster staff\u2019s on-campus presence and improve student and faculty services,\u201d The Sacramento Bee reported<\/a>. \u201cThe measure drew criticism from university workers and their labor representatives, who said the change was misguided and had damaged staff morale.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school originally wanted workers back in the office full-time beginning in February. After pushback, the university amended the requirements. \u201cThe new policy will require Academic Affairs staff to be in offices four days a week beginning March 15 and fully in person by July 1,\u201d the Sacramento Bee reported.<\/p>\n

That still is not enough for some workers and the union representing them, which are demanding they be allowed to work remotely, even if their jobs include interacting with students.<\/p>\n

\u201cStaff were floored that now we\u2019re being told we\u2019re not providing the services needed for students or faculty,\u201d Manuel Lopez complained. He is the union rep on campus.<\/p>\n

The move mirrors Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s directive that state employees begin returning to work in the office.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor all of us who support our students and who\u2019ve been successfully supporting them and our programs remotely \u2026 it\u2019s a huge blow for us,\u201d Krystle Peay told the newspaper. She takes care of her mother at home, while ostensibly fulfilling all her job duties.<\/p>\n

The union says costs will increase as workers return to the office.<\/p>\n

The lack of state workers using government offices has created some economic problems, however.<\/p>\n

\u201cCity Councilmember Phil Pluckebaum is calling on the state to speed up its reuse of empty and underused office buildings, which are double-trouble for a city getting no property or sales tax from them,\u201d CBS News reported<\/a> on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n

The news outlet reported \u201chalf of state workers\u201d are \u201cstill absent\u201d from the office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUZZ | ACADEMIA People work on laptops at Sacramento State University; Christian Navarro for Sac. State\/Flickr Requiring California…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-158445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}